50 States


Galena, IL

Back to the shores of the mighty Mississippi …. We have skipped across the border to Illinois for tonight however most of the day we continued our travels through Iowa. First task of the day was some retail therapy at the Williamsburg Outlets ! Williamsburg was also the home of […]


Iowa City, IA

A busy day today – but nothing unusual about that … Don’t know if it was dinner last night, breakfast this morning or the various effects of jet lag however I woke up a bit seedy this morning. But there were sights to be seen of course so a little […]


Winterset, IA

Well, we are not quite there but not far away ! We have begun our tour and hit the road but haven’t ventured quite as far along the road as the Iowa state capital, Des Moines – we will start there tomorrow. But the town of Winterset – our stop […]


Holiday Time is Here !! 2

It’s Holiday Time ! – and that means time to celebrate with a little bit of bubbly at the Rydges Sydney Airport bar – our pre-holiday ritual ! 🍾🥂 😂 Our many, many months of planning are done and the next instalment of our “50 States Adventure” is about to […]